印度大学禁止女学生穿着牛仔裤T恤（中英对照）

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New Delhi: An Indian college announced on Monday it had banned girls from wearing jeans, short dresses and T-shirts to crack down on sexual harassment, sparking outrage from pupils and rights campaigners.
新德里：一所印度大学宣布从星期一开始禁止女学生穿牛仔裤、短连衣裙以及T恤等，以此改善学生和右派竞争者受到性骚扰以及遭遇残暴的状况。

The Adarsh Women’s College in Haryana state, 110km west of New Delhi, said students would be fined 100 rupees (1.8 dollars) each time they broke the dress code.
位于新德里西部110千米外的，坐落在Haryana州的The Adarsh女子学院规定，该校的女生如果违反了关于裙子衣着的规范，每次将会被处罚100卢比（1.8美金）。

“We have imposed a ban on jeans and T-shirts because these are completely Westernised and (so) are short dresses,” school head Alaka Sharma told the NDTV news channel.
该学校的校长Alaka Sharma告诉印度电视新闻频道：“我们之所以禁止穿着牛仔裤以及T恤，是因为这些学生穿着它们的方式，包括短裙在内，已经完全西方化了。”

“The small dresses don’t cover students and that is the reason why they have to face eve-teasing.”
“这些零散的衣裳根本就没有好好遮掩学生的身体部门，也就是这个原因他们不得不面对‘eve-teasing’。

“Eve-teasing” is a common phrase used in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan to cover offences ranging from verbal abuse to sexual assault, though it is often criticised as a euphemism that hides serious crime.
“Eve-teasing‘是一组流传在印度、孟加拉以及巴基斯坦的普通谚语，是指用来掩盖口头侮辱以及性行为攻击等冒犯行为的。尽管这个谚语通常是用来批评隐蔽重大犯罪行为的一种委婉的说法。

“Jeans and short tops invite attraction and also distract the students,” Sharma said in a separate interview.
校长Sharma在一次个人访谈中说道：“牛仔裤和短衬衫固然可以吸引眼球，可是也同样会分散学生的精力。“

Skinny jeans, T-shirts and other Western fashions have rapidly grown in popularity among young Indians, spreading from cities to rural states such as Haryana, though many older people disapprove of such clothes.
挤紧的牛仔裤，T恤以及一些西方潮流服饰在印度的年青一代中普及得异常迅速，就譬如Haryana州的无论是从城市还是到农村都传播得非常快速，尽管很多老年人都反对此类服装打扮。

Pupils at the Adarsh college, which teaches girls between 16 and 19, complained that they were being punished unfairly instead of being protected from harassment.
一些在Adarsh女子学院读书的16~19岁之间的女学生，却抱怨她们得到不公平的对待和处罚，而不是感激受保护免遭受性骚扰。

“A ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts doesn’t mean that there will be no crimes and boys will not pass lewd comments on you,” Ritu, a college student, said.
一个名叫Ritu的女大学生说道：“禁止穿着牛仔裤和t恤衫，并不能证明就没有犯罪的发生，也不能够阻止男生对女生进行污秽的评论。“

“Men who want to eve-tease can do it if a girl has donned Indian clothes also. I don’t think dressing in Indian attire will bring a change.”
“如果男人想做坏事，那么就算我们女人穿着印度的传统服装，他们也是会做坏事的，我并不认为穿着印度的服装就可以带来任何改变。“

Mamata Sharma, head of the National Commission of Women, told reporters that sexual harassment in India could not be tackled by ordering girls to wear saris and other traditional styles of dress.
国家妇女组委会的会长Mamata Sharma告诉记者，关于在印度发生的所有性骚扰行为，并不能依靠命令女生穿saris或者其他任何传统款式服装的举动来处理和调解的。

“Our country is progressing, we have entered into 21st century and it is very disappointing to hear or see such things,” she told reporters.
她还告诉记者：“我们的国家正在不停的进步当中，现在我们已经进入了21世纪了，当听到还有类似的事情发生的时候，我感到非常失望。“

“The government should take action against the college management or such institutions who impose diktats on girls.”
“对于一些大学管理者或者一些社会机构强加这些绝对命令给女学生穿着规范的行为，政府应当采取一些行动去抵抗才行。“

PS：本人非英语专业，水平有限，高手们多多包涵。看来印度是越来越open了。O(∩_∩)O哈哈~